babysitten

[ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩]

/[ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“babysitten” is uncommon German (frequency #99,514 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,514
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf ein Baby oder Kleinkind aufpassen, es betreuen

Corpus desk

Index DE-babysitten · babysitten · German

babysitten · rank #99,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,514
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH baas

Nearest frequency peer: baas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „babysitten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „babysitten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for babysitten
PropertyValue
Headwordbabysitten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,514
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „babysitten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.babysittenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „baas“ (#99,513), „Bachblüten“ (#99,515), „Backsteinbau“ (#99,516). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „babysitten“ bei #99,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

babysitten is uncommon German at frequency #99,514 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf ein Baby oder Kleinkind aufpassen, es betreuen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for babysitten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is babysitten, spelled B-A-B-Y-S-I-T-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf ein Baby oder Kleinkind aufpassen, es betreuen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how babysitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kannst du morgen bei mir babysitten?
  2. „Erinnerst du dich an sie, Parker? Früher habe ich bei ihr babygesittet.“

Synonyms

betreuenbeaufsichtigenhüten

This word in other languages

babysit(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "babysitten"?
"babysitten" is spelled B-A-B-Y-S-I-T-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩].
What does "babysitten" mean?
As a verb, "babysitten" means: auf ein Baby oder Kleinkind aufpassen, es betreuen
How do you pronounce "babysitten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "babysitten" is [ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "babysitten" come from?
"babysitten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "babysitten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bachblüten#99,515Auflassung#99,496Bauernsohn#99,532beflügelte#99,545

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list